good food for molly's?

[Ram897]

I am coming to you all because I just can't listen to anything the lfs tells me.
I bought aquaon tropical flakes for my black molly's when I got them and it seems they don't like certain "colors" of the food. I am the type who likes to feed high quality to all my animals but know nothing about quality of fish food. I have seen hakari on Amazon. Anyone know anything about it and should I be feeding pellets or wafers? I know there are brands like tetra but this label is so widespread it kinda reminds me of purina and my husband did some electrical work on a purina plant...... Just sayin'...

 

[Eagle_133]

I have mollies and they feed really well on nutrafin max flakes, they can't get enough of them. I do mix it with dried bloodworms every other day for a balanced diet though. Bloodworms can cause indigestion problems though so don't feed too many. That's what works for me anyway

 

[ocminpin]

I feed Omega One to all my fish, including my mollies who are healthy and doing well on it... I use Omega One Tropical Flakes and Omega One Veggie Flakes (once a wk)...

 

[Ram897]

How many times a day do you feed molly's? I have seen 2 and 3 x's. Mine act like they are starving every time we go near the tank.

 

[Eagle_133]

Fish generally do that anyway, they will eat what you give them usually. Over feeding can kill them though. I feed twice a day. More than that will cause more waste which equates to more ammonia.

 

[ocminpin]

How many times a day do you feed molly's? I have seen 2 and 3 x's. Mine act like they are starving every time we go near the tank.

I feed one time every other day for adults and for newborn fry every 4 hrs... As they grow I feed twice a day up to 1.5-2"

 

[Ram897]

Whoa. Every other day? I guess I have a lot to learn about fish. Why so infrequently?

 

[ocminpin]

Whoa. Every other day? I guess I have a lot to learn about fish. Why so infrequently?

It cuts down on waste and makes for a healthier tank.
Less food= less waste = healthier water parameters...

My fish are thriving on every other day, eat well, have good weight/color/appearance and reproduce quite well
Believe me when I say I didn't know any of this before I found this forum... I had a majorly overstocked tank and fed twice a day... Fish died then..

When I fed my Betta earlier bottle directions tell me to feed 3 times daily as much as my fish will consume in 3 mins... considering my Betta is s pig, as most others are, he could eat a pellet every 3 seconds... WOW!
I feed my Betta 4 pellets once every other day. I think manufactures do it for the business.. Just as they also tell you to replace your filter every 30 days!
good luck with your tank

 

[Anthym]

Nutrafin Max flakes here as well. They get fed 5 days out of 7.

Fry get fed every 4 hours.